Cicero: Murder at Larinum: Selections from the Pro Cluentio (Latin Texts)

Cicero: Murder at Larinum: Selections from the Pro Cluentio (Latin Texts) by Cicero. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9780862920937.

This volume contains the explanatory sections of Ciceros speech Pro Cluentio - the defence in a particularly lurid murder case set in the northern Italian provincial town of Larinum. It forms an admirable introduction to the reading of Golden Latin prose. As narrative exposition it is in the clear, lucid style of Ciceros early career. The Introduction elucidates the background situation, the feud between the Cluentil and the villainous Oppicianus; the Notes give ample linguistic and historical assistance and there is also a full Vocabulary. This is unadapted and exciting Latin well within the grasp of those who are tackling a real text for the first time.